Oprah Winfrey speaks on on her new weight issues in the Januaray issue of O magazine. According to the article, she is now 200lbs, a 40 pound weight gain from just 3 years ago.
“I’m embarrassed … I can’t believe that after all these years, all the things I know how to do, I’m still talking about my weight. I look at my thinner self and think, ‘How did I let this happen again? I didn’t just fall of the wagon. I let the wagon fall on me.”
Oprah’s current BMI — a measure of body fat based on height and weight — of 31.8, puts her in the obese category. Obesity increases your risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes and many other serious health problems.
For Oprah, who ran a marathon in 1994 and co-authored the 1996 best-seller “Make the Connection: Ten Steps To A Better Body — And A Better Life” with fitness and health guru Bob Greene, the battle of the bulge is one of frustration.
“I definitely wasn’t setting an example,” she says in her article. “I was talking the talk, but I wasn’t walking the walk.”
It’s ok Oprah we still love you!!
i loooove oprah! weight issues are a bitch
She looks fabulous in that first pic! I’m sure she’ll get it together.
As long as she crash diet, that will be her life story, up and down up and down.
at least she knows! yep oprah you WERE talking the talk and not walking the walking, but at least you owned up to it. you’re rich, hell i’d be eating to!
I think if you’re naturally a big person, it will always be a struggle…but tha’s what makes you human…just like Janet, Beyonce, etc. If they wasn’t in this business, they would be big girl! Ain’t nothn wrong with that!
But, shes working that 200lbs, she does not look 200lbs, plus her weight will NEVER out weigh her gift.
Oprah shouldn’t be so hard on herself… She does have thyroid problems.. I believe she can get things back in order. GO OPRAH!!!
well if she is 200 lbs at least she’s a proportioned 200 lbs….i still think she looks good.
#6 Yes naturally big people will always have a constant struggle with weight
I remember when Oprah got to that size…wow I cant believe it was 2005 feels like just last year
I I don’t think anyone should follow the medical standards of obesity…Oprah
looks fine now to me, especially at her age, who is she trying to be? You
are only as beautiful as you feel…sure, everything in moderation. Some
people can’t help genetics
Oprah is kind of tall, so she can wear 200lbs well. If she were 5’4 or so it would look alot worse!
Thank goodness I’m 5’11….lol
DANG O DONT BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF.WOMEN ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH WEIGHT ISSUE BECAUSE WE ARE USUALLY THE ONES STRESSED AND GIVING BIRTH. JUST GET BACK ON YOUR WEIGHT PLAN AND GET BACK WHERE U WANNA BE.AND MY SIS HAS AN OVER ACTIVE THYROID SHE FINALLY HAD IT REMOVED BACK IN OCTOBER.THYROIDS CAN BE A MAJOR ISSUE THEY HAD MY SIS WEIGHT GOING UP AND DOWN,HAIR FALLING OUT AND HER EYES BULDGEING FROM HER HEAD. SO OHPRAH NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF THAT THYROID SHE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO KEEP HER WEIGHT WHERE ITS AT.GOOD LUCK O AND TAKE CARE
oprah looks wicked!!!! straight!!!!!!
i no if i had a billion dollars i would be fat as hell!!! i would eat so much and i no it!
Her body was banging. You know she had to get lipo for the fat she had back in her younger days to get her skin to look so tight in the skinny picture.
Man, I was watchin’ Oprah the other day and I had figured she’d gained a couple pounds. Weight is a real pain…especially when you’re metabolism slows down.
She wears her weight well. As long as she is healthy, thats important.
its crystal clear she gained weight but it doesnt look bad on her at all…
we were in books-a-million yesterday and i noticed she was on the cover of her magazine,it was HELLA photoshopped!
and i didnt know she had gotten that small
She shouldn’t be obsesed with medical standards, but she does need to be cautious with the problems that are brought on with being over weight. Some people have to work harder than others. I wish her the best with this struggle, because it has to be painful going through the battle in the limelight and the day age of the internet. I feel so sorry when Janet or Beyonce gain weight because people say very nasty comments. Whew so glad, I’m not a celebrity.
oprah your rich
no one really cares if you’re overweight
although you should stay as healthy as possible
oprah has excess to alot of food. she has a personal chef. i would weigh 300lbs if i had her money.
Tsk tsk….all the money and power in the world, and she can’t keep the pounds off. But oddly enough, I like that she has weight problems. It makes her a human being. Seriously though, this is what, her 5th or 6th weight loss campaign/announcement? Just give it up, O. Your body has a weight that it wants to be, and the minute you fall off the wagon with your eating habits, you’ll be back to your size. You look just fine the way you are, just make sure you’re healthy.
Although with all that money and all those nutrition experts/trainers/chefs I gotta again say how surprised I am at how she can’t keep the pounds off. Her personal trainer (Bob whatever the hell his name is) should be fired.
****Ouch, a BMI of 31.8? I’m glad she put it out there because saying things l****like “she wears it well” doesn’t matter. She is jeopardizing her health.
***I think she needs to quit like one of her many ventures. Some people are famous BECAUSE they look good so they have to keep it up or else the $$$ goes.
***Oprah isn’t one of those people so she really has to make it a priority. I wish her the best.
she just wants to sell magazines..she knows all the overweight women will be jumping on this issue…….but at the end of the day money is not everything she will always be a southern fat mama
LOL, Am but when I saw that Magazine Cover I WAS ROLLING! LOL LOL LOLOLOL
She is my favorite. Just saw her on milllionaire personals site “”"”" W e a l t h y C u p i d . c o m”"”"”"” last week. I am wondering what kind of relationship she is looking for on that site.Is she single again now?
Where have some of yall been? Oprah really came down the right way in like 04 05.
lol but I know that cover is brushed to death
Im glad she is over the vanity of it though, being healthy is #1!
I don’t give a damn what this devil worshiper does with her pathetic, worthless, and cocky life. She can go on the top of Mt. Everest and finish worshipping herself. Because that is who she said she worshipped anyway. Oprah doesn’t believe there is a God. She believes we all are our own Gods and should worhsip ourselves. She feels like what you have is not what God gave you, it is what you did for yourself.
Did you see the episode when the lady accomplished something very outstanding and thanked God and oprah said “It wasn’t God, it was you who made it happen”. Ever since then, she has been erased out my hall of fame. Money will not buy her cankled ass to heaven. Lonely old fraud.
Luv Oprah…She is just human. It makes it harder when all eyes are on her. She still will be the richest woman in the world either way.
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Shoot, if i had all her money, i’d be obese too, I guess my financial status has saved my health. But anywayz, for real, she doesn’t look obese, she’s being too hard on herself. Many factors contribute to weight gain and since she’s getting older and her metabolism is slowing down, she should just focus on staying healthy as opposed to being thin. We love you Oprah!
40lbs over 3 years isn’t bad. i just hope she stops ping-ponging; it’s bad for her heart and could be dangerous.
oprah is fat
Oprah should just calm down and take a chill pill. Shes not ever going to look a supermodel, so y force it??? Work out and cut back. Thats what we all should do..
#32…LMAO and Amen…
Plenty of celebs are 5’6 125 lbs and unhealthy.
Much props to Oprah! The first step is admitting that you have a problem. Once you’ve done that, you can find a way to resolve the issue and live a healthier life. Been there, done that, loving life a lot more now.
You’re still my homegirl Oprah!!!
let me tell you.. it is so easy to gain weight… in june, i took a body boot camp class. I lost 15 lbs in two months… in september i was 20 lbs lighter.. however, this is december and i am 4 lbs more than the weight when i started the class… girls it is so so so hard!
I like Oprah, but I’m kind of tired of her weight issues……….sorry!
who care about obesity standards….i am considered obese and i can out run a skinny broad any day…black should have a different standard we are a blessed bunch of women and the obesity standard is a way for us to feel bad about ourselves…i sure dont
I meant to LMAO @ #30….not #32.
Really black ppls standard of fat is different from “other” folks. Black women have curves, and (ASS)ets. Y do u ppl think Buffie the Body made it big in the black men society. Sure wasn’t her looks or slim waist. It was her Thickness. Embrace ur curves. Just don’t let it get out of hand, where u start to have health problems.
I think she should do a show about celebrities with weight problems, who obviously go up and down – Janet, Beyonce, Ryan Seacrest, Lindsay Lohan, Tyra, the Alley lady – on to talk about struggles with weight. They go up and down so much that I think something is to be gained from having them discuss their issues. And I think stars who recently lost a ton of weight such as Lily Allen, the guy who hosted TRL in the nineties should come on. As well as those who have had eating disorders like Brandy, Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Ritchie (who doesn’t admit it, but come on). I think she should just do a “weight show” and have all these viewpoints and stories represented.
That being said, Oprah is much bigger than her weight…figuratively, I mean. Nobody cares if a woman as smart and innovative as her gains weight, even if she *GASP* gets “fat”
I am not saying its ok to be overweight but if you look at Queen Latifah she is a bit overweight but she is a healthy ass broad. She stays active and I think that’s what counts. Some folks are naturally thick and if they just maintain a healthy lifestyle by staying active and keeping their heart going these overweight people should be ok. Shit look it Heavy D.
India 617 aka Chunky Monkey
Lawdy Oprah, u ain’t obese gurl, just a little on the thick side and ur not getting any younger. She have a million $ to every pound she weighs or gain. Hell go talk to Janet, she goes thru the same thang every 6 mths.
I aint never seen Oprah that skinny
Huge!
losing weight sucks…
she looks like she could be a part of the jackson family in the purple outfit
oprah needs to stop recycling of her weight issues for publicity. It’s BEEN played. anyhow, Oprah gains weight. Other fat and percieved helpless americans look up to her as there hero. They now know that they aren’t the only ones that can’t control what goes in there mouth. Oprah looses, weight. People are inspired for 2 hours. She becomes their hero all over again. Her ratings go up, you know, the new year, weight loss,ect. Everyone wins. Yeeyyyyyy! Go Oprah!!!
…..great oprah now that you know put that ham bone down
….. all that money you got ssssshhhhhiiiittt you should
…… have the best gym in the world in your home lol
…….. its ok to eat everything you like in moderation
…….you know gluttney is a sin lolo now look at you
…..but its ok you realized the problem
……now lets git to work or there wont be a gown
…. that wants to get on your fat ass 1 2 3 4
….put that pizza out the door lolo
everyone falls off the wagon at some point…her abs were crazy before tho..i didn’t realize she had gotten that small. i know she can do it again if she puts her mind to it!
Oprah……..you are a billionaire!!! I’m sure you’ll get it together for the new year like the rest of us! LOL
Umm Oprah, your human…alot of us deal with up & down weight issues. But i agree, she sure doesnt look 200 lbs at all. She’ll get her personal trainer back on the phone soon and loose whatever she wants. But she looks great to me on either picture.
I think she looks better with the weight. She just needs to eat properly do moderate exercising. Everybody aint gonna be thin – some people are meant to be full-figured. But just take care of yourself. Eat right – and Do some moderate exercising and strenght training build muscle mass.
Oprah Looks good for her age.
RE: # 28 ” Money will not buy her cankled ass to heaven. Lonely old fraud.”
Wow, I can tell that you have the true religion, what with all your kindness and such.
—-Being rich makes it all the more difficult, because she knows that obesity could be
—-a show stopper one day. How many obese 60 year-olds do you see? Not many!
—-Her problem is probably not her diet, but the lack of exercise. Being rich means
—-she can eat anything she wants. It should also mean that she can go for long
—-walks anytime she wants. She knows how she let this happen! This should be
—-humbling for her and her followers.
That before picture is pure fraud!!!!!!!!!!!
Oprah with a 6 pack?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
G.T.F.O.H.
And she weighs more than 200 now!!!!!!!
I dont care about the weight just quit lying and decieving people. FAKE ISH.
I hate people like that.
As someone who has fallen off the wagon HARD!! and has also put back on 40lbs…I can appreciate her honesty. I don’t think that she is being dishonest, I just think that she is human and has this struggle like at least 50% of Americans. She can relate.
#52 I completely agree….
I think Oprah should just try to stay healthy and stop focusing on the weight. Everybody is not able to be thin.
—57. BAM BANG,
—You are so right about the photoshop in the “before” picture!
—And, the “after” picture is a fraud too…! Check out the cleavage down to the
—bottom of her breast. Now, imagine what that looks like in real life!!
—Also, they gave her a little fake hour glass shape.
—Oprah is shaped like a Sobe, not a Coke bottle.